This holiday season, Wyoming drivers braved wintry weather and sometimes treacherous roads to see family or take a vacation. On the worst stretches of highway, the ubiquitous snow fence plays a key role in minimizing drifting and ensuring the road remains open.

Snow fences have limited lifespans, but just because the wood has served its purpose standing sentinel over Wyoming travelers doesnt mean its ready for the burn pile. John Pope founded Laramie-based Centennial Woods 15 years ago after realizing he could put that wood to further use.

Every year, his company contracts with the Wyoming Department of Transportation to construct, maintain and demolish snow fences across the state.

Popes hunch was right, and companies all over the world are enamored with the look of Wyoming-aged wood. Pope was out of the country on business, but the Star-Tribune wrangled CEO Ed Spal for a look at Centennial Woods and where the company is heading.

CST: How did the company get its start?

Spal: The company was founded by John Pope and his extended family in 1999.

He saw a black plume of smoke, so he went to see what was burning in the field. It was old wood. There was no purpose for it once it was replaced he saw this plume and thought, why are we getting rid of perfectly good wood?

CST: What is the process of turning a tree into snow fence and a snow fence into lumber?

Spal: The contract comes up every year, we go through a bid process and we provide better value than others who have attempted to bid on the work.

Weve done our darnedest to be sure we win the bid.

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Harry Meade explains the basic principles of establishing the perfect canter and what to do if you have a horse that rushes at its fences

The basic principles

The whole of showjumping can be refined down to three fundamental areas, which are the right approach canter, the quality of the canter and the right line and then not interfering, which encompasses what the rider does in the last few strides and through the air, says Harry Meade.

Coping with a horse that rushes

Theres a common pattern for horses that rush and charge at their fences and often it goes hand in hand with horses that are held up or stalled on the corner, explains Harry.

Not always, but a lot of the time its connected with a rider who, without meaning to, can just put on the handbreak and hold up the stride. And a horse is intelligent enough to learn that if theyre being put in a non-jumping place its going to be very difficult for them to jump without hurting themselves or without putting in a huge effort.

So they normally learn to deal with that in two ways: either by stopping when they get there or by taking over and running at their fences.

Often people think that the easy way of stopping the horse from charging is by putting on the handbreak and thats actually the cause in the first place. And so the key to being successful with riding a horse that stalls and charges is to make sure that in the moment that they stall and shut down, you keep the canter big and forward and you go against the instinct to draw back.

The more you can eliminate the stalling bit, the less there is a need for the horse to charge and they end up hopefully being able to come in a level rhythm.

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Published December 31, 2014

In this photo taken on October 22, 2014, a golfer hits a shot as sub-Saharan migrants sit atop of a fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla during an attempt to cross into Spanish territory in Melilla. (AP Photo/Jose Palazon)(The Associated Press)

MADRID Spain says 800 African migrants have tried to storm the border fences separating Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco in the second such attempt in two days.

The Interior Ministry said police repelled most but 54 migrants managed to make it across Wednesday. Spanish National Television showed the migrants celebrating the feat.

The ministry said two police officers were treated for unspecified injuries during the melee.

Thousands of African migrants living illegally in Morocco try to enter the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta each year, hoping to reach a better life in Europe.

On Tuesday, 200 migrants stormed the six-meter (20-foot) high fences, with 102 getting across.

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Part-owner Barry Fulton is "fairly confident" Ptit Zig can extend his unbeaten record over fences to four in a fascinating renewal of the BetBright Novices' Chase at Cheltenham on New Year's Day.

The Listener (2006), My Way De Solzen (2007) and last year's victor Oscar Whisky are among the big names to have clinched the Grade Two prize, better known as the Dipper Novices' Chase, in recent years.

The Paul Nicholls-trained Ptit Zig was a high-class hurdler, but looks set to scale even greater heights over fences judged on his three triumphs so far, turning in a particularly impressive display when slamming Josses Hill at Ascot a fortnight ago.

Fulton said: "He's in good form and I think we're going there looking forward to it and fairly confident.

"He's done nothing wrong over fences so far. This will be his fourth run of the season and I think he'll probably have a break after this, as most of Paul's horses do in January.

"I think it's a good idea to go to Cheltenham with him ahead of the big meeting in March and hopefully everything will go well."

Ptit Zig stars in a seven-strong field, with Champagne West looking to make it three from three over fences at Prestbury Park for Philip Hobbs.

With stable jockey Richard Johnson still sidelined due to suspension, Tom O'Brien gets back on board for the first time since winning on the six-year-old at Wincanton last Christmas.

O'Brien said: "It's a proper race, but we're looking forward to it.

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MADRID The Interior Ministry says some 200 African migrants have stormed border fences separating Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco, with 102 managing to avoid police interception and make it across.

The Interior Ministry said some 40 migrants sat atop the six-meter (20-foot) -high fences for hours after the Tuesday morning charge.

Those that made it across headed for the city's temporary migrant accommodation center. They are eventually repatriated or let go.

The ministry said one migrant was taken to a hospital for leg injuries.

Thousands of African migrants living illegally in Morocco try to enter the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta each year, hoping to reach Europe for a better life.

The ministry says 2,000 migrants have made it across in roughly 65 storming attempts this year.

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Review

Fences let users define Fence areas, which act as virtual containers that make organizing icons on the Windows desktop easy. This makes organizing icons much easier and simple.

Fences is a downloadable utility application available for a free limited-time trial or as a complete purchasable version developed by the Stardock Corporation to work on Windows-based platforms.

Fences is designed to help its users organize their desktop by enabling application users create shaded, movable and sizable icon containers that can be customized to accommodate commonly used or preferred softwares. Not only that, these grouped icons can be hidden for the users convenience by means of a simple double-click on any blank space on a users desktop.

Fences can also be configured to accommodate new icons as well as organize these datas by file type, name, etc.

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